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  Besty Unplugged - My Life Story Part V

  by besty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  << part iv.

  part v 9 years, 2 shepherding calls and 2 kids.

  sam and i quickly settled into happily married life.

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  cabasilas

  Great installment! Thanks for sharing the story. Looking forward to more.
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  Judge Rutherford Cadillac

  by possible-san in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1928 judge rutherford cadillac.

  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:1928_judge_rutherford_cadillac.jpg.

  at that time, how much was it?.

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  cabasilas

  Or, perhaps since they were gifts he got new ones once in awhile?
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  The Triune God by Edmund J. Fortman -- PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower library cd-rom cites catholic scholar edmund j. fortman's book the triune god in several places when discusing issues relating to the trinity.

  the misuse of fortman by the wt society has been documented at a few websites.

  for example, jwfacts.com compares this quote from should you believe in the trinity?

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  cabasilas

  Not sure what the problem is as it seems to work for me okay.

  Here's another download link:

  http://www.sendspace.com/file/6stqzr

  Hopefully, that one will work for you.
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  Official MP3 clip of the new Kingdom Songs! (with lyrics)

  by inkling in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so apparently they played a medly of some of the .

  new songs with lyrics at the recent convention during .

  the whole please-find-your-seats thing.. and someone must have leaked the track, becuase the .

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  cabasilas

  Thanks!!
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  Questions From Readers Nov 15th 2009

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest flip-flop (allbeit a minor one.).

  the "wise instruction" (as described by the society) given is that sisters now have to wear head coverings when interpreting sign language public talks.. differs from the previous instructions that sisters didn't need to do so.. .

  w02 7/15p.27 questions from readers.

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  cabasilas

  Just noticed this on a video of a JW deaf convention on jwbrothers.org.

  http://www.jwbrothers.org/play.php?vid=1470

  Towards the end are shown interepreters for deaf/blind. The women interpreting are wearing headcoverings. So, apparently, this has been in place since at least the convention.
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  It's WT leaders, not elders, who are responsible for all the harm. My Geneva, Switz. lecture posted here for new ones & Sola Scriptura to read

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  keep it secret has been wts child abuse policy for years.

  he said the policy that jehovah's witnesses have on how to handle cases of child abuse is without equal in the religious community.

  why keep these forms secret?.

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  cabasilas

  Thank you, Barbara, for the transcript of this lecture. Very well stated. The Governing Body needs to be less concerned with maintaining an image and be much more open about a problem that affects many other segments of society, both religious and secular. If they had, then things would be much different today.
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  Official MP3 clip of the new Kingdom Songs! (with lyrics)

  by inkling in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so apparently they played a medly of some of the .

  new songs with lyrics at the recent convention during .

  the whole please-find-your-seats thing.. and someone must have leaked the track, becuase the .

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  cabasilas

  Thanks, Inkling!

  Apparently, the site that had the mp3 no longer has it available. Did anyone else get it?
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  The Triune God by Edmund J. Fortman -- PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower library cd-rom cites catholic scholar edmund j. fortman's book the triune god in several places when discusing issues relating to the trinity.

  the misuse of fortman by the wt society has been documented at a few websites.

  for example, jwfacts.com compares this quote from should you believe in the trinity?

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  cabasilas

  Thanks, Randy! I'll look forward to the Weekly Okie!
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  Questions From Readers Nov 15th 2009

  by dozy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest flip-flop (allbeit a minor one.).

  the "wise instruction" (as described by the society) given is that sisters now have to wear head coverings when interpreting sign language public talks.. differs from the previous instructions that sisters didn't need to do so.. .

  w02 7/15p.27 questions from readers.

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  cabasilas

  I'm with Sir on this one...why are they worrying about head coverings when they have so many other issues?

  Undercover, I agree with you.

  Perhaps this underscores the more conservative (and more cultic) movement of the Governing Body. The 2/3 vote is moving more and more in a negative way. That's what happens when a group of 9 men have absolute control of the JW religion. What's scary is that these same 9 men choose any new members of the Governing Body and the increasing conservative and cultic nature of the GB will mean men of similar disposition will be chosen.

  Personally, I think this signifies an increasingly dark era for JWs.
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  The Triune God by Edmund J. Fortman -- PDF!

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower library cd-rom cites catholic scholar edmund j. fortman's book the triune god in several places when discusing issues relating to the trinity.

  the misuse of fortman by the wt society has been documented at a few websites.

  for example, jwfacts.com compares this quote from should you believe in the trinity?

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  cabasilas

  The Watchtower Library CD-ROM cites Catholic scholar Edmund J. Fortman's book The Triune God in several places when discusing issues relating to the Trinity. The misuse of Fortman by the WT Society has been documented at a few websites. For example, jwfacts.com compares this quote from Should You Believe in the Trinity? taken from Fortman's book with what Fortman actually wrote:

  "Jesuit Fortman states: "The New Testament writers . . . give us no formal or formulated doctrine of the Trinity, no explicit teaching that in one God there are three co-equal divine persons. . . . Nowhere do we find any trinitarian doctrine of three distinct subjects of divine life and activity in the same Godhead."" (ti p.6)

  "They give us no formal or formulated doctrine of the Trinity, no explicit teaching that in one God there are three co-equal divine persons. But they do give us an elemental trinitarianism, the data from which such a formal doctrine of the Triune God may be formulated."

  In fact, a whole comparison of misquotes from Fortman's book by the Watchtower Society can be read at this site.

  On the other hand, in context quotes from Fortman's book on how the early Christians understood the relationship between Father, Son and Holy Spirit can be found here at Freeminds.

  Fortman's book has been out of print for over 25 years. For those interested, the first 8 chapters (covering the Patristic period) of Fortman's book are available in PDF format at this filesharing site:

  http://www.filesend.net/download.php?
  f=0a1711f806e428bcb078d107aab5932e

  The file is just under 9 MB, is indexed and fully searchable. With this file, one can verify for oneself the misuse of Fortman's book by the Watchtower Society in its writings against the Trinity.